My Kids Need Shoes

Funded Feb 13, 2022

Thank you so much for your contribution to our musical last semester. With your donations, we were able to provide specialty dance shoes to all the members of our cast. This heightened the overall production value of Seussical by creating a professional look and feel that our audiences loved.

I wish I had taken pictures of the first time the kids got to try their new dance shoes on so you could have seen their faces. For many of them, Seussical was the first time they had ever worn character heels or tap shoes. It was absolutely precious to see their faces light up when they realized they could do all the dance steps and make all the tap sounds with their new shoes. To be able to rehearse in quality dance shoes is a gift that many of these students would not have been able to afford on their own. It dramatically improved their skills as dancers as well as their confidence as performers.

Now that these dance shoes are in our stock, our program will continue to grow and benefit. Our current students are still working on improving as dancers- and even better- they have encouraged more of their classmates to participate. Since last school year, our theatre classes have doubled in size and we have had more students than ever audition for our fall play. The students are begging me to tell them what our next musical will be in the spring (and I promise I will share as soon I can!). We even have plans to participate in the Discovery Awards in Tulsa this year, which will allow our students to compete in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards. I am very excited to see how our program continues to grow in the coming years.

Thank you so much again for your support! I couldn't do it without you.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Schiavone